by Kevin Henkes · Greenwillow Books · tapa dura · ISBN 9780688114497
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«Owen» is the children's picture book by Kevin Henkes, published by Greenwillow Books in hardcover (32 pages, in English).
Owen is a little mouse who adores his soft yellow blanket, Fuzzy, and never lets it go. When he starts school, his parents try to make him give it up; the neighbor, Mrs. Tweezers, insists he is too old to carry it. After several failed tactics, his mother finds a compromise that pleases everyone.
This title belongs to Kevin Henkes's Mouse Books series, was originally published in 1993 and is recognized as a Caldecott Honor Book.
Recommended for children ages 4 to 8, also for shared reading at home or in the classroom.
Kevin Henkes is an American author of children's books. He is known for writing and illustrating picture books, the most notable of which feature young anthropomorphic mice as their main characters. Henkes also writes middle-grade fiction. As an illustrator, he won the Caldecott Medal for Kitten's First Full Moon (2004). Two of Henkes's books were Newbery Medal Honor Books, Olive's Ocean in 2004 and The Year of Billy Miller in 2014. His picture book Waiting was named both a 2016 Caldecott Honor Book and a Geisel Honor Book. It was only the second time any author has won that combination of awards.
